Nina Garcon

Nina Garcon

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Exploring the Filipino Places of Worship in Hawaii

Exploring the Filipino Places of Worship in Hawaii

Hawaii is a beautiful and diverse place, and its Filipino community is no exception. From the first sakadas recruited in...

The Filipino Immigrant Experience in Hawaii: A Look at the Impact of Filipino Culture on the Islands

The Filipino Immigrant Experience in Hawaii: A Look at the Impact of Filipino Culture on the Islands

From the moment they began arriving in droves to work on Hawaii's 45 sugar plantations, Filipinos were subject to...

The Impact of Environmental Policies on Filipinos in Hawaii: A Closer Look

The Impact of Environmental Policies on Filipinos in Hawaii: A Closer Look

Hawaii is a unique place, with a rich cultural heritage and a diverse population. Native Hawaiians, Japanese, Chinese,...

Celebrating Filipino Culture and Heritage in Hawaii

Celebrating Filipino Culture and Heritage in Hawaii

Hawaii is home to a large population of Filipino descent, with around one in four residents having Filipino roots. Most...

The Best Filipino Radio Stations in Hawaii

The Best Filipino Radio Stations in Hawaii

Are you searching for the top Filipino radio stations in Hawaii? Look no further! KRM Internet Radio The Pinoy Sounds is...

The Impact of Immigration Policies on Filipinos in Hawaii: An Expert's Perspective

The Impact of Immigration Policies on Filipinos in Hawaii: An Expert's Perspective

The Filipino diaspora in the United States is comprised of nearly 4.1 million people who were born in the Philippines or...

Why are Filipinos Flocking to Hawaii?

Why are Filipinos Flocking to Hawaii?

Filipinos are the fastest-growing ethnic minority in Hawaii, due to ongoing immigration from the Philippines and high...

The Filipino Migration to Hawaii: A Historical Journey

The Filipino Migration to Hawaii: A Historical Journey

The Filipino presence in Hawaii is a long and storied one, with the first wave of Filipino immigrants arriving in the...

Exploring the Most Popular Filipino Organizations in Hawaii

Exploring the Most Popular Filipino Organizations in Hawaii

The Filipino Law Students Association is a student organization of the University of Hawaii at Manoa (Richardson) located ...

Exploring the Best Filipino Restaurants in Honolulu, Hawaii

Exploring the Best Filipino Restaurants in Honolulu, Hawaii

When it comes to finding the best Filipino food in Honolulu, Hawaii, there are plenty of options to choose from....

The Impact of Transportation Policies on Filipinos Living in Hawaii: An Expert's Perspective

The Impact of Transportation Policies on Filipinos Living in Hawaii: An Expert's Perspective

The Filipino community of Hawaii is an integral part of the evolution of these islands. As Hawaii underwent a period of...

Revival of Filipino Heritage in Hawaii: Empowerment of a Minority

Revival of Filipino Heritage in Hawaii: Empowerment of a Minority

The Filipino population in Hawaii is a minority, but they make up the majority of the population on the island of Lanai...

The Proud Legacy of Filipinos in Hawaii

The Proud Legacy of Filipinos in Hawaii

The legacy of Filipinos in Hawaii is a proud one, full of courage and fortitude. It began in 1906, when the Hawaii Sugar...

The Impact of Educational Policies on Filipino Lives in Hawaii

The Impact of Educational Policies on Filipino Lives in Hawaii

The Filipino population has had a major influence on Hawaii's culture and economy for over a century. Despite the popular ...

Exploring the Most Popular Filipino Markets in the US

Exploring the Most Popular Filipino Markets in the US

Filipino cuisine is a vibrant and diverse part of the American culinary landscape, with its presence felt in all 50...

Exploring the Popular Filipino Clubs and Organizations in Hawaii

Exploring the Popular Filipino Clubs and Organizations in Hawaii

Hawaii is home to a large population of Filipinos, with approximately one in four residents having Filipino descent. Most ...

Exploring the Filipino Community in Hawaii: A Journey Through History and Culture

Exploring the Filipino Community in Hawaii: A Journey Through History and Culture

When I returned to Hawaii in 1974, I heard that Filipinos would be the next group to “succeed in the islands.” About...

The Filipino Impact on Hawaii: A Look at Filipino Empowerment in the Aloha State

The Filipino Impact on Hawaii: A Look at Filipino Empowerment in the Aloha State

Hawaii is a unique state, with a diverse population and a rich cultural heritage. One of the most prominent ethnic groups ...

The Filipino Population in Hawaii: A Historical Journey

The Filipino Population in Hawaii: A Historical Journey

Filipinos are the fastest-growing ethnic minority in Hawaii, due to ongoing immigration from the Philippines and high...

The Filipino Community in Hawaii: Challenges and Contributions

The Filipino Community in Hawaii: Challenges and Contributions

The Filipino community in Hawaii has a long and rich history, stretching back to the labor shortage faced by sugar...

The Filipino Community in Hawaii: A Look at the Most Common Jobs

The Filipino Community in Hawaii: A Look at the Most Common Jobs

The Filipino community has been a part of the history of Hawaii since the early 1900s, when an estimated 125,000...

Where Do Most Filipinos Live in Hawaii? A Comprehensive Look

Where Do Most Filipinos Live in Hawaii? A Comprehensive Look

Today, Filipino immigrants from their 7,000 islands have been settling in communities such as Kalihi and Waipahu, where...

Political Representation Among Hawaiians with Filipino Ancestry: A Look at the Past and Present

Political Representation Among Hawaiians with Filipino Ancestry: A Look at the Past and Present

Today, there is a broad political representation among Hawaiians with Filipino ancestry. Belinda Aquino's work in...

COVID-19 and Filipino Communities in Hawaii: How Social Media is Making a Difference

COVID-19 and Filipino Communities in Hawaii: How Social Media is Making a Difference

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on the Aloha State, with Filipino communities being particularly...

Promoting Health and Wellness Among Hawaiians with Filipino Ancestry

Promoting Health and Wellness Among Hawaiians with Filipino Ancestry

Hawaii is renowned for its healthy lifestyle, yet there are still significant health disparities between Native...

Empowering Filipinos in Hawaii: Cultural Policies and Their Impact

Empowering Filipinos in Hawaii: Cultural Policies and Their Impact

Martin, a millennial, believes that greater strides in empowering Filipinos can be achieved through social awareness,...

The Impact of Technology on Filipino Lives in Hawaii

The Impact of Technology on Filipino Lives in Hawaii

Filipino outsourced workers have traditionally been limited to plantations in Hawaii due to a lack of other job...

The Impact of Housing Policies on Filipino Immigrant Girls in Hawaii

The Impact of Housing Policies on Filipino Immigrant Girls in Hawaii

An official website of the United States government, The.gov, is a sign that it is an official source. Before sharing...

Unlocking Educational Opportunities for Hawaiians with Filipino Heritage

Unlocking Educational Opportunities for Hawaiians with Filipino Heritage

Today, one in four residents of Hawaii has Filipino ancestry. Immigrants from the 7,000 islands of the Philippines have...

The Impact of Economic Policies on Filipino Americans in Hawaii: A Comprehensive Overview

The Impact of Economic Policies on Filipino Americans in Hawaii: A Comprehensive Overview

Filipino Americans are more likely than other immigrants to have a good command of English and to naturalize in the...

Celebrating Filipino Culture and Heritage in Hawaii Schools

Celebrating Filipino Culture and Heritage in Hawaii Schools

The Department of Education (DOE) in Hawaii has taken a major step towards recognizing and celebrating Filipino culture...

Empowering Filipinos in Hawaii: A Journey to Success

Empowering Filipinos in Hawaii: A Journey to Success

Twenty-five years ago, Filipinos in Hawaii made history by leading a national protest against racism. This event, which...

Exploring Filipino Cultural Activities in Hawaii: A Look at the Impact of Filipino Culture on Hawaii

Exploring Filipino Cultural Activities in Hawaii: A Look at the Impact of Filipino Culture on Hawaii

Filipinos are the fastest-growing ethnic minority in Hawaii, due to continued immigration from the Philippines and high...

The Impact of Healthcare Policies on Filipino Communities in Hawaii

The Impact of Healthcare Policies on Filipino Communities in Hawaii

The Filipino community in Hawaii is a vibrant and diverse one, with 1,453 respondents reporting some form of Filipino...

The Filipino Population in Hawaii: A Growing and Vital Community

The Filipino Population in Hawaii: A Growing and Vital Community

Hawaii is a state with a diverse population, and Filipinos are an important part of that mix. According to the census, 15 ...

The Filipino Economy in Hawaii: A Historical Overview

The Filipino Economy in Hawaii: A Historical Overview

The Filipino community in Hawaii has been profoundly impacted by the needs of the plantation-based economy since its...

The Filipino Education in Hawaii: A Historical Overview

The Filipino Education in Hawaii: A Historical Overview

The Filipino population in Hawaii has the lowest percentage of high school graduates (51%) and the second lowest...

Promoting Environmental Sustainability Among Hawaiians with Filipino Ancestry

Promoting Environmental Sustainability Among Hawaiians with Filipino Ancestry

When Adriano mentioned that the Philippine government was providing seedlings to people with the idea that they would be...

The Filipino Culture in Hawaii: A Historical and Cultural Perspective

The Filipino Culture in Hawaii: A Historical and Cultural Perspective

Filipinos are the fastest-growing ethnic minority in Hawaii, due to continued immigration from the Philippines and high...

Promoting Economic Development Among Hawaiians of Filipino Descent

Promoting Economic Development Among Hawaiians of Filipino Descent

The Tydings-McDuffie Act of 1934 was a groundbreaking law that provided for the granting of Philippine independence...